Innovative new spa treatments from the new Peninsula Spa.

Picture yourself standing in a downpour of Spring rain. Every pore kissed with soft, moist, gentle droplets, your skin feels alive and electric. Add the sensation of precious gems caressing your body, soaking and absorbing into the essence at your deepest core.

This epitomizes The Peninsula Spa at The Peninsula Beverly Hills' new exclusive treatments featuring diamonds, emeralds and sapphires to rejuvenate and create a lavish pampering experience.

The newly expanded elegant spa facility in The Peninsula Beverly Hills surpasses new heights in guest satisfaction. Boasting treatment rooms that capture the magnificent views and accommodate private luxury or with a lover, husband or friend, each space was designed to enhance spa innovations and benefits from every corner of the world.

A new workout area, expanded spas and personal treatment areas highlight the newest, innovative luxuries. Guests will still enjoy access to The Peninsula's beautiful Roof Garden dining as part of the total pampering package the spa offers, especially the new "Spaja" cuisine.

For those who believe diamonds are a girl's or guy's best friend, the sparkling diamond heat treatment pampers even the most discriminating spa aficionados with its pure opulence.

The ancients knew the healing and invigorating properties of the earth and now those benefits are available to everyone as part of the new Peninsula Spa experience.

Diamonds absorb all the colors around them, which are displayed when light is reflected onto the gem. In gem therapy diamonds are used for higher spiritual attainment, to remove blockages and negativity and receive mental clarity. The Diamond Heat Treatment uses the power of our Diamond Massage Oil in a special heated massage combined with heated rocks and crystals that caress various parts of the body. Diamond Luxury Massage Oil blends the essential oils of Rose Otto, Attar of Rose, Myrtle, Neroli and the oils of Macadamia, Camilla and Evening Primrose to help stressed skin, tension nodules, slack skin, stretch marks, scarring, relaxation and balance. Add the excellent benefits for those with muscular pains and rheumatic aches or those who are overworked, overstressed, tired or suffering from a creative block and you have a gem of a treatment.

Partial to emeralds, I selected The Peninsula's Emerald Body Detoxifier treatment that incorporates the rich history of emeralds as a therapy for prosperity, goodness movement and motion, to promote good dreams and balance the heart. My therapist Elayne began the two-hour treatment with an awakening massage with the specially-created detoxifying Basil & Mint Dead Sea Salt Body scrub and a soothing mist of Silver Crystal Mineral Spray, containing real silver, sealing the healing powers and absorbing the benefits into each pore. Silver is well known for its antiviral, anti parasitic and anti fungal ability. Among Silver's other impressive properties is a tissue regeneration effect and when applied to the body externally silver solutions have the effect of neutralizing toxins. The spray combines Silver with the soothing properties of Peppermint, Juniper and Lavender. After your body is bathed in a glow of sublime luxury, a healing mud is applied to seal the emerald and silver's rejuvenating powers into the skin tightening and firming each pore.

Next, Elayne applied the Aromatic Green Clay, a special detox blend of homeopathic herbs and plant essences. This combines with the Detox Gem Synergy to further amplify its healing effects and the relaxing scent of the herbs. Adding the Organic Dried Flower Poultices with seaweed on my problem areas further assisted a release of toxins and increased toning. This Detox process ended with a one-hour drainage massage incorporating an uplifting Facial Drainage Massage using the Emerald Luxury Body and Facial Oils, a magical blend of precious ingredients that feels like taking a walk in a rain forest. A healing facial and massage opened each pore to enhance penetration into the skin and each layer beneath. The Emerald Oils were especially developed to have an affinity with the emerald and among the properties are detoxification, toning, assisting in circulatory problems, skin problems and is especially suited for those on a weight or volume reducing diet. As though the sheer pleasure of the treatment weren't enough, its cleansing and firming properties provided additional benefits.

If however you prefer Sapphires, look no further. The Peninsula Spa offers the special Signature Sapphire Treatment, a special blend of delicate ingredients that are thought in myth and in Gem therapy to have an affinity with the Sapphire. Just as a Sapphire can range in colors from blues to yellows to pinks, the Sapphire Luxury Massage Oils have a wide range of effects helping to promote cooling and calming, inner peace and self clarity. These one and a half hours of pure attention to your body begins with foot reflexology, then a long massage that focuses on aromatic heated sandbags and the signature Sapphire Oils. It's also a wonderful cure for Jet Lag.

For those men who feel somewhat left out in spas, The Peninsula Spa has designed "Men's Speedy Destress" for the man who has everything but time! Let two pairs of healing hands give you a refreshing body scrub using Dead Sea Salts with an uplifting mixture of Basil and Mint and a blend of nourishing oils. This is followed by an energizing body massage and ends with a mini facial, destressing scalp massage and tension reducing foot reflexology, all in one hour. Feel refreshed, invigorated and energized.

These unbelievable, exclusive treatments are total luxury and an ultimate gift for body and soul. No man or woman should deny himself or herself the experience. It is regeneration and bonding sensibility that can heal and solidify the energies in each dimension of a person's resources, and ignite a new and increased sense of well-being.